KDK v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Facts

The claimant, an anonymised appellant known as KDK, applied for personal independence payment. By a decision of 14 March 2024, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions determined that she scored 0 points for the daily living component and 0 points for the mobility component, so that she was entitled to neither component from and including 12 December 2023. That decision was reconsidered but not revised on 5 June 2024. Her appeal came before the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) sitting at Cardiff on 24 November 2025, where she appeared by telephone and gave oral evidence and a presenting officer attended. The Tribunal refused the appeal: it awarded 4 points for the daily living component and 0 points for the mobility component, which left her below the threshold for either component. The claimant, who has anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder, was granted permission to appeal by District Tribunal Judge Bennett on 26 January 2026 on the arguable grounds that the Tribunal had given insufficient weight to an earlier finding about her ability to engage socially and had failed to explain adequately why she scored no points for washing and bathing. The Secretary of State filed submissions on 8 June 2026 supporting the appeal, and the claimant replied briefly on 14 July 2026.